Trenton Animal Hospital

11/06/2024

This dog showed up to someone's home last night off of county rd 313 near Trenton if you recognize this dog please call 352-463-7100.

10/29/2024

*update Scrappy has been adopted!*

Scrappy is available for adoption! We are thinking he is a Terrior mix about 10 weeks old. Please call the clinic if interested and schedule a meet and greet! 352-463-7100 💙

10/18/2024

Dear Trenton Animal Hospital clients,
It is with a sad and disappointed heart that I share with you that Dr. Thomas Hester will not be coming back to Trenton Animal Hospital for the foreseeable future. Dr. Hester is enjoying is time away from practicing and would like to focus is attention on his upcoming role at president of the FVMA, travel and spend time with his wife. Trust me, I did everything I could to pursuade him to come back, even offered ownership in this practice he has called home since graduating from vet school but he has made his decision to continue to take time off and pick up relief shifts at other practices that pay more as needed. I am grateful for the 13 years that I had him as an associate, mentoring him and watching his growth as a veterinarian. He will be greatly missed and I wish him the best in his future endevours. I know many of our clients will be sad to see him go, as we all are, but I have hired 2 AMAZING veterinarians to fill his position. Dr. Kristen MacDonald, a vet school classmate of mine, joined our team in April and has been an awesome addition. Dr. Michael Sturgeon joined our staff mid-summer and brings with him a wealth of experience in surgery and dentistry. Both Doctors have and will continue to help at our new ER clinic as well. To learn more about our new Doctors see their bios below. If you have not met them already, they look forward to meeting you soon! Thank you for your continued support!!
Allison Hiers DVM-owner
And your team at Trenton Animal Hospital: Dr. Will Hernandez, Dr. Eric Hiers (owner), Kristen MacDonald and Michael Sturgeon

Kristen MAcdonald joined us in April 2024 and has been an amazing addition to our team. Dr. MacDonald is a UF CVM classmate of Dr. Allison Hiers, the owner, graduating with her DVM in May 2006. Following graduation from vet school she went to work at Suburban Animal Hospital in Gainesville Florida and worked there for 17 years. In the spring of 2024 she started part time relief work to be able to spend more time with her 4 children and taking care of her farm. She joined our staff as a relief vet in April but loved it so much she came on board a steady 3 days a week this past summer. One of the things that she loves the most about Trenton Animal Hospital are the clients that she has met and establishing lasting relationships with them and their beloved pets. Nurturing the veterinarian-client/pet bond and educating our clients is of utmost importance to her and she looks forward to doing so for years to come.
Dr. Michael Sturgeon moved from the Midwest to North Central Florida with his wife, Kathleen, and two children, Lucille and Theodore, in 2020 when Kathleen joined the staff at UF Small Animal Hospital. Dr. Sturgeon was born and raised in a small rural town of Illinois very near St. Louis, Missouri. Knowing he wanted to help both animals and people, he longed from a very young age to become a veterinarian. He would go on to fulfill his dream and obtain two advanced degrees; a MBA from Southern Illinois University in 2004, and his DVM from the University Of Illinois in 2006.
Dr. Sturgeon has sought advanced veterinary dental training, additional surgical training (soft tissue and orthopedics), internal medicine experiences, and endless hours of continued education to help stay well rounded in hopes to help progress veterinary medicine. Over the years, he has worked in a variety of small animal practices (private and corporate) as relief, part-time, full-time and medical director, been medical director at a humane society, helped at low-cost vaccine clinics, and even collaborated with a few veterinary specialty hospitals.
Dr. Sturgeon has a true passion for general practice. His mission is to strengthen the human-animal bond by offering outstanding preventative and general wellness care along with a commitment to providing excellent client education and communication. His special interests include veterinary dentistry, surgery, preventative medicine and veterinary business management.
Out of the office, Dr. Sturgeon’s favorite thing to do is to spend time with his family. He will follow MLB at least 9 months out of the year and take in some college sports during the off-season. He looks forward to meeting his extended family (staff, patients, and clients) at Trenton Animal Hospital!

10/14/2024

Please join me in wishing a very happy Veterinary Technician week to all of our lovely Technicians at Tricounty & Trenton Animal Hospital . You are the glue to our hospital and we are so proud of all you do daily.

10/09/2024

We are open today normal hours closing at 5:30 pm. Tomorrow morning we will be closed but will open at 1 pm for afternoon appointments and emergencies. Our sister clinic Tricounty Veterinary ER will have a Dr on call for emergencies tonight 5-7 pm and will be back open tomorrow regular hours 5-8 pm. Everyone stay safe and our prayers continue to be we everyone on the coast and who has family in the Tampa area.

10/08/2024

We will be open regular hours today and tomorrow but please stay tuned if the storm shifts

09/28/2024

We will be open Saturday the 28th normal hours even with no power for sick/emergent patients!

09/27/2024

Trenton Animal Hospital is closed today. We have no power and minimal staff that can reach the hospital. If you have a boarder and have made arrangement to pick up with my kennel staff please feel free to do so. Tricounty Veterinary Emergency Clinic will open early at 4 today if you have an emergency we have power back there. I will have staff in by 1 to answer phones if I need to come in earlier I will. Thanks prayers to everyone who suffered through this dreadful hurricane and our thoughts are going out to all of the coastal communities and northern communities!

Update on Hours: we will open today an hour early at 4-8. Just got power back! Trenton Animal Hospital is closed today; the power is out and most of our staff had major damage with their homes and don’t have power. We hope to open Trenton animal hospital tomorrow regular hours if the power is back if not we will open Tricounty Early. Please stay posted on our pages and website!
We were praying for all of our clientele last night…that was a scary one. We hope everyone is safe!

09/25/2024

Update on hours:
As of now, Trenton Animal Hospital is planning on staying open until at least noon on Thursday. We will update our hours tomorrow morning once we have more information on the projected path of the storm. If our staff can safely get to work on Friday, we will have limited staff there to see emergency visits only with or without power. We are anticipating not having power so if you have an emergency and can safely come into the clinic, just come on in or you can communicate with us via email or using our app. We are open all day today so if you need medications for your pet please call to get refills.
Our ER is open tonight but will be closed Thursday evening so if you have a pet emergency please go to UF SMALL ANIMAL HOSPITAL. Our ER will be open Friday if we can get staff there safely but again we are anticipating power outages so email us or book your appt online through our homepage of our website www.tricountyveter.com. If internet is down and you can safely bring your pet in to either location on Friday you can. Again we will post an update tomorrow morning
Please everyone stay safe and follow evacuation orders to our coastal clientele. We do have some boarding open still at Trenton Animal Hospital and Tricounty ER if you need a place for your pets

09/23/2024

Moonrise over the ocean…no filter. Framable 10:50 pm first day of autumn but a balmy 78 with a breeze in vilano beach. The Little Dipper to the right is getting shown up by the moon. Nothing to do with pets or our businesses but I hope this picture brings peace to your heart. God/Mother Nature/or whatever you believe in Just happy to be a witness. Peace and love to all of our clients and their fur babies

09/11/2024

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The International Veterinary Academy of Pain Management has proclaimed September as Animal Pain Awareness Month. Animals suffer from pain just like people do. Pain comes in many forms: surgical pain, arthritis and cancer related pain, just to name a few.

Acute pain is obvious and distressing. Chronic pain can be subtle, and masked as “getting old” or “slowing down.” Old age is not a disease, but pain is. There are many options to treat the various causes of pain in animals including pain medications, injections, physical rehabilitation, acupuncture, laser therapy, and therapeutic massage.

Please visit our clinic or schedule an appointment to discuss all of the pain treatment options we offer for both cats and dogs.

08/27/2024

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603 N Main St Trenton FL

08/16/2024

Your pets depend on you to keep them safe.

08/10/2024

Please see this note from Dr Thomas Hester

To our amazing Trenton Animal Hospital clients,

I wanted to write and let you all know that I’m going to be out for a few months to work on some personal projects.

I am also becoming President of the Florida Veterinary Medical Association in 2025 so I need to get everything aligned to ensure I do the best job for all of the pets, pet owners, veterinarians and veterinary support staff that we serve in the great state of Florida!

I will keep you updated on my return and thank you all for the support.

Sincerely,
Dr. Hester

08/08/2024

Hello everyone, my name is Chilli, I'm the cutest Dachshund and my owner has recently developed some health issues and he is trying to find me a new home. It is very hard for him to take care of me. I'm very sweet, loving, and would love to relax on the couch. I love other dogs but I have never been around cats so not sure how I would react. I'm up to date on vaccines and I'm heartworm negative. If you are interested in becoming my new family please text Stan Trumpp 352-222-7422 💜🐾

08/05/2024

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